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In God’s image . . . No!

God created man in his own image? No! Man created God in his own image!
From the Editor with Nevanji Madanhire

To understand the important difference between these two diametrically opposed statements is to understand the problem with today’s church.
Christians have an imagination of God: He is the Old Man who lives in an idyllic place called heaven; they even talk of the Pearly Gates that enclose him.
The Muslims differ radically; there cannot be representation of God in an image, or that of the Prophet Mohammed. The Muslims probably saw the danger of humanising their deity.
Christians have endowed God with human qualities, they have made him human. First, he has to be a man. But that comes with several attendant problems. Because he is a man, they had to give him a son; all men love sons! But a son doesn’t just come, he should be borne by woman preferably a virgin; hence they gave God the Virgin Mary.
Presentations of the Virgin Mary have to portray her as young and beautiful beyond measure. When God was westernised, the Virgin Mary was westernised too, hence she is blonde and slim. Look at the Western concept of beauty as strutted upon catwalks by their models. Models are preferred if they are blonde and have blue eyes, like the Virgin Mary.
So, what human quality has God been given by this? He is lascivious like any man who desires a virgin; he is patriarchal like any man who prefers the boy child to the girl child. There is never any imagination in the Christian faith that Jesus could have been a woman, let alone that God could be of any other gender than male.
Therefore all the physical attributes given to God, are those of a man. Simply put, that is how man created God in his own image.
But it gets worse when one leaves the physical attributes and goes to the intellectual/emotional/spiritual attributes.
God is jealous. Exodus 20:3: “You shall have no other gods before me”; Exodus 20:5: “You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.”
Besides being jealous, he is also vengeful and will punish anyone who strays. Vengeance, is one of the most human of all human qualities. It has to be given to God, so that there is no question of his hegemony over heaven and earth.
As humans created gaols to punish members of their communities that err, so an equivalent has to be created in the skies. There is Hell, where those who have sinned against God will burn forever. That’s God at his most vengeful.
All the human weaknesses imagined, such as those encapsulated in Catholic Catechism as the seven deadly sins have been heaped onto God: pride, avarice, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony and sloth.
The phenomenon of prosperity gospel and the mushrooming of so-called prophets are results of giving God human attributes. What really do the so-called prophets do? They only help their congregants fulfil their human desires which they say God loves too. For example the congregants’ PRIDE is encouraged and fulfilled through their narcissistic dress sense and their holier-than-thou attitude towards people of different faiths. AVARICE is exhibited in their desire for worldly things such as flashy cars and ostantantious houses. Envy is encouraged in the way the so-called prophets live and the way they encourage their followers to emulate them. It is this envy that keeps the followers hooked to prosperity gospel.
Because God is said to be vengeful, the prophets promote the cardinal sin of WRATH among their followers. Just notice the anger exhibited by their fanatical followers when their so-called prophets are scrutinised. (See the wrath this article will engender!)
The so-called prophets also help their congregants fulfil the worst of human weaknesses. God loved a beautiful virgin, so there is really nothing wrong with LUST. The sickest example of the promotion of lust is obviously the Robert Martin Gumbura case.
Polygamous Gumbura, the leader of the RMG End-Time Messages Church, convicted on Monday of four counts of rape with many others pending, has shown how God can be manipulated even in grossly evil manner to justify human weakness. GLUTTONY and SLOTH are the remaining cardinal sins that prosperity preachers inculcate into the psyches of their fans. T
hey preach continuously about the land of milk and honey and how this land is found not only in heaven, but can be created on earth. Just look at the quantity and quality of food consumed during so-called crusades!
Above all, the preachers encourage SLOTH. They preach the gospel of miracle money; people don’t have to work, they will just find money miraculously credited to their bank accounts. Some were told they should just close their eyes and their palms and, Lo and behold, God would place diamonds in their hands.
The so-called prophets have ditched the seven holy virtues namely, humility, charity, kindness, patience, chastity, temperance and diligence.
All the problems found in the church today emanate from this humanisation of God in the Christian religion. Other religions which do not take God as human have less inclination towards miracles and prophecy. It should be pointed out that those Muslim sects that have made God human have committed some of the most heinous sins in his name.
Suicide bombers, for example, believe God will reward them with 12 virgins when they go to heaven, implying God lives among innumerable virgins.
God is goodness without end. Ultimate goodness doesn’t come through prophets; it has no policemen on earth. Humanity can only approximate this ultimate goodness, but cannot achieve it. To think that it can be achieved is to spawn the proliferation of people who call themselves God’s substitutes on earth – the prophets.
Now they have trivialised their own God; he is now a soccer loving old man who watches matches before they are played, and reveals the results!

HUU NI MWANDIKO WA MWALIMU J.K.NYERERE ALIPOANDIKA KITABU KUHUSU WANAWAKE 1944 MAKERERE UGANDA

BINTI YA RAIS MSEVENI (DIANA KAMUNTU) AKIRI KUWA YEYE NI MSAGAJI

 

Museveni's daughter reveals that she is a lesbian

PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni's daughter Diana Kamuntu has sent shock waves across Uganda by revealing in a recent radio interview that she is a lesbian who has been homosexual since she was a little

In a startling revelation, Ms Kamuntu, admitted yesterday, during a radio talk show in Mbarara, in western Uganda that she is homosexual. She added that she was revealing the fact as a protest against the anti-gay law her father signed late last month, pointing out that although she loves her father unconditionally, she will fight against the new legislation.

On Monday February 24, President Museveni signed Uganda's new and harsh anti-gay bill into law, which punishes first time offenders with 14 years in jail. It also provides life imprisonment as the maximum penalty for aggravated homosexuality defined as repeated gay sex and acts involving a minor, a disabled person or where one partner is infected with

Yesterday, Ms Kamuntu said: “I am gay and I am homosexual. I have known this since I was a

"Also, I have been Christian all of my life, so I will not tolerate any law of this supposedly democratic nation, that will place hate on any person just because of what his or her sexual orientation happens to be. Now that I finally revealed my sexual orientation, I put myself in front of this new law and I will let our people decide what to do with me.”

Shocked at the revelation, radio host, James Kasirivu found it hard to continue the interview and the live broadcast was abruptly ended after being punctuated with repeated commercials. Of late, President Museveni has been under intense pressure from international donors following his signing of the Draconian bill and this revelation by his daughter is likely

Uganda's government has up until now shrugged off foreign aid cuts and international criticism of its tough new anti-homosexuality law, saying it could do without Western aid. President Barack Obama has said that the US will consider its relationship with Uganda following the passing of the new law, while the World Bank suspended the immediate

Government spokesman Ofwono Opondo said: “The West can keep their aid to Uganda over

“Western aid to Africa is lucrative and profitable trade, they cannot cut off completely. Just as we did with the slave trade, slavery, colonialism, imperialism and exploitation, Africa must

US secretary of state John Kerry has compared the flat-out morally wrong and atrocious law to anti-Semitic legislation in Nazi Germany or apartheid South Africa. However, President Museveni warned Western regimes not to meddle in the country's affairs, saying he was not

Sweden’s finance minister Anders Borg, who has just visited Uganda, said the law presents an economic risk. Already, the Netherlands has frozen a €7m subsidy to Uganda’s legal system, while Denmark and Norway said they would redirect around €6m each towards private sector initiatives, aid agencies and human rights organisations.m

STEVEN M. WASSIRA NA Mbio za URAIS.....!!

 

.......HII IMETOKA KWENYE MTANDAO WA JF;.......

Stephen Masato Wasira si jina geni kwa Watanzania, ni jina maarufu. Umaarufu wa Wasira ambaye kwa sasa ni Waziri wa Nchi Ofisi ya Rais Mahusiano na Uratibu unatokana na mambo mengi.

Haya ndio yamenifanya nianzishe mpango maalum wa kumchunguza kihabari ili niwaoneshe Watanzania upande mwingine wa shilingi kuhusu Mwanasiasa huyo, lakini nakiri kuwa “nimeshindwa kumpata” Wasira katika hilo.

Huyu ndiye Wasira ambaye Mwaka jana aliwatahadharisha Vijana wasomi wa Vyuo Vikuu kutumia taaluma zao kupambanua ukweli na uwongo wa vyama vya siasa ili wasiendelee kuwa wateja wa siasa uchwara na “wachumia matumbo”

Nimeshindwa kumpata WASIRA aliyeyasema hayo katika kongamano lililofanyika mkoani Mwanza na kushirikisha vyuo mbalimbali mkoani humo kikiwemo Chuo Kikuu cha Mtakatifu Augustine Tanzania(SAUT).
Nimeshindwa kumpata kwani kati ya watu niliobahatika kuzungumza nao au niliosoma mandishi yao, hakuna aliyenipa kashfa hata moja inayomgusa Wasira tofauti na upungufu wa kawaida ambao hakuna mtu wa kawaida duniani anayeweza kuukosa.

Baada ya juhudi zangu kushindikana kumpata Wasira ndipo najiuliza “HUYU WASIRA NI MTU WA NAMNA GANI?”
Katika kumtafuta Wasira na dosari zake, nakumbana na Gazeti la Raia Mwema Toleo la 2677 la November ,2013 likiwa na kichwa cha habari kisemacho “Nani ni nani CCM?”

Katika Habari hiyo Gazeti linasema “Stephen Wasira anatajwa kuwa ni mwanasiasa mwenye uwezo wa kuendesha siasa za jukwaani, lakini pia ni mwanasiasa mwenye kupenda siasa za suluhu miongoni mwa wanachama wa CCM, akiwa pia mwiba kwa upande wa vyama vya upinzani kwa wepesi wake wa kujibu mapigo”

Linaongeza”Ingawa CCM haijawahi kuonja historia ya kuwa chama cha Upinzani lakini Wasira amewahi kuingia upinzani na kushinda uchaguzi wa ubunge kupitia NCCR-Mageuzi, akimbwaga aliyepata kuwa Waziri Mkuu wa Tanzania, Jaji Joseph Warioba”.

Christopher Gamaina, Mhariri wa Gazeti la Jamhuri , anamtaja Wasira akisema “Sifa moja kubwa anayotajwa kuwa nayo Wasira ni usafi wa kimaadili ndani na nje ya Chama chake (CCM) kwa maneno na matendo ya maisha yake”.
Gamaina anasema ,“ Pia Wasira anatajwa na watu wengi kwamba ni mtu mwenye msimamo imara katika vita dhidi ya Ufisadi ndiyo maana hana doa wala kashfa ya ufisadi, lakini kubwa zaidi anatajwa kama mmoja wa makada wenye utashi na ushawishi mkubwa wa kisiasa ndani ya CCM na mwenye upeo mpana wa kuona mbali”.

Mmoja wa viongozi wa Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam aliyetoa maoni yake kwa sharti la kutotajwa jina wala cheo, anasema “Ukiachia nafasi walizopata kuwa nazo wenzake, kati ya wanaosemwa (anamaanisha kuutaka Urais mwaka 2015), Wasira ni msafi kuliko wote kwasababu sijawahi kusikia kashfa yake ni mtu mwenye uzoefu mkubwa katika masuala ya siasa na utawala.

Kwa mujibu wa uchunguzi wa uchunguzi wa makala haya, WASIRA amepata kuwa Mbunge wa Mwibara (mwaka 1970-1975), Bunda (1985-1990),(1995-1996) na (2005-2010). Katika Uchaguzi Mkuu wa mwaka 2010,Wasira alichaguliwa tena kuliwakilisha Jimbo la Uchaguzi la Bunda.

Taarifa zilizopatikana katika mtandao zinasema Wasira pia amepata kuwa Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Mara (mwaka 1975 hadi 1982) na Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Pwani mwaka 1990 hadi 1991.

Habari hizo za kimtandao zinafahamisha kuwa kati ya mwaka 1982 na 1985, Wasira alikuwa Waziri Mwambata katika Ubalozi wa Tanzania Washngton DC, Marekani na kisha akawa Naibu Waziri wa Kilimo mwaka 1972-1975, na Serikali za Mitaa mwaka 1987-1989.

Kwasasa Wasira ni Waziri wa Nchi Ofisi ya Rais (Mahusiano na Uratibu) na Mbunge wa Bunda mkoani Mara.
November Mwaka jana , mmoja wa wachangiaji katika mtandao wa Jamii Forum(JF) aliandika kuhusu Wasira akisema “Huyu mzee namkubali sana ,kwanza hana makundi katika chama na mzee huyu namkubali pia katika hotuba zake zenye nguvu na ushawishi. Namkubali sana..”

Alipoulizwa kuhusu anavyowajua makada watatu wa CCM wanaotajwa kuhusu kuwania Urais katika Uchaguzi Mkuu unaotarajiwa kufanyika Mwaka 2015, yaani mawaziri wakuu wazamani, Frederick Sumaye, Edward Lowasa na Wasira, Mratibu wa ULINGO ambayo ni ASASI ya Umoja wa Wanawake katika vyama vya siasa vyenye Wabunge katika Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania,Dr. Ave Semakafu, amesema, “Sijaona yeyote kati ya hao anayejali na kuhudumia kwa dhati makundi ya watu walio pembezoni”.

“Wengi wanafanya siasa kavu tu za kuwapa vijana mipira na jezi, wakati wana matatizo magumu yanayowakabili kimaisha. Mipira sio tatizo la Watanzania . Wengine wanasema vijana wamekalia bomu la ajira, lakini hawaoi jawabu la tatizo hilo”.
Anaongeza, “Rais Jakaya Kikwete ndiye amekuwa Mfano bora kwa kuyajali makundi yote ya Watanznia. Amejitahidi hata kuwa karibu na watu na kuweka usawa wa kijinsia.Mfano amejitahidi kuteua majaji wanawake ; ameonesha mfano wa kuinua vijana na wanawake hata katika ule mfuko ulioitwa “Mabilioni ya Kikwete” na kusidia Vijana kupitia mifuko mbalimbali hadi ngazi ya wilaya.”

“Natamani kumpata Mwanasiasa huyu nayetajwa kuwa jasiri asiyeogopa wala kusita kufanya uamuzi mugumu kwa maslahi ya umma” Na nimwambie kimoja wanachosema watu wanaomsema vizuri kwamba zile chagamoto ambazo hajazishughulikia jimboni kwake Bunda, azifanyie kazi.

Nimejitahidi kumtafuta Wasira kwa siku tatu mfululizo nikabahatika “kumpata” kwenye dosari moja waliyonayo Mawaziri karibu wote wa Kikwete kuwa, hawapendi kupokea simu. Hapo nimempata na kumweka kwenye kundi la wabunge na mawaziri wenzake .

Tuachane na hayo; Nimemtafuta Wasira sikumpata, maana nilitaka nimjulishe kuwa kuna mmoja ameshauri afanye juhudi kubwa n haraka ili kukamilisha ‘juhudi zake’ za kuondoa shida ya maji katika maeneo ya Nyamakokoto,Bunda stoo,Nyasura,Migungani na sehemu nyingine.
 
Bado naendelea “kumtafuta” Stephen Masato Wasira ili nijiridhishe iwapo kweli hana hata kashfa moja kama wanavyosema watu wengi. BADO NAENDELEA KUMTAFUTA.


Makala kwa Hisani ya Gazeti la Pata Habari

MTINANGE WA CHALINZE ULIVYOTITIMA JIONEE MWENYEWE

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UCHAGUZI CHAMA CHA ODM CHA KENYA WAPAMBA MOTO...!!!! RAILA AOLONGA

1. Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga maintains Orange Democratic Movement elections as scheduled
   
   
   
   By Standard Reporter
   
   NAIROBI, KENYA: ODM leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday confirmed that the party elections will be conducted as earlier scheduled.
   
   He urged party supporters to ignore rumors that the elections have been postponed.
   
   “I wish to reaffirm that the Party will hold its elections on 28th February, 2014 as earlier announced, ODM supporters and those vying for various positions should ignore rumors to the effect that the elections have been postponed,” he said in a statement.
   
   The former Prime Minister assured all candidates that the party values all of them and will favour none. Instead, it will ensure free, fair and transparent elections that will leave it stronger and representative of the various segments and interests.
   
   He appealed for issue and fact based campaigns that take cognizance of the fact that the party’s real opponents are not those vying for positions currently, but the ones it is to face from other parties after the elections.
   
   Standard Digital News - Kenya : Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga maintains Orange Democratic Movement elections as scheduled
   
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   ODM poll to go on as planned, says Nyong’o
   
   
   By JAMES MBAKA and ANJELLAH OWINO
   
   
   “The rumours that the elections will be pushed forward are baseless and made to cause unnecessary tension. We will hold the event as earlier planned,” Nyong’o said at Orange House accompanied by party Executive Director Magarer Langat.
   
   The Orange Democratic ( ODM) has clarified that the forthcoming party National Delegates Conference (NDC) will go on as planned. ODM Secretary General Anyang’ Nyong’o has dispelled rumours that the convention to elect new office bearers will be postponedThe outgoing official also asked various aspirants to refrain from making statements that undermine party institutions.
   
   The Kisumu Senator assured all the candidates that the party would hold free, fair and credible elections.
   This comes a day after some aspirants alleged that the party’s national elections board as currently constituted could not be trusted, as some of the members had served in the previous team that bungled nominations.
   The party will today unveil the names of aspirants for various seats for the February 28 and March 1 party elections.
   
   
   Standard Digital News - Kenya : ODM poll to go on as planned, says Nyong?o

2. re: The ODM National Elections 28/2/2014

   Fresh twist as hopefuls reject ODM elections board
   
   By JAMES MBAKA
   
   NAIROBI, KENYA: Protests have rocked ODM after some members rejected the team named recently to oversee the forthcoming party elections.
   
   At least four MPs who plan to contest for top positions have rejected the composition of the National Elections Board (NEB), alleging it is a threat to credible polls.
   
   They are uneasy about the retention of six officials who served on the board that oversaw party nominations marred with allegations of impropriety in the run-up to the last General Election.
   
   The members said the bungled nominations cost ODM seats after popular candidates rigged out in the primaries fled to fringe parties.
   
   MPs Elizabeth Ongoro, Abdullahi Dirje (Wajir South) and Manson Nyamweya (South Mugirango) are among those who questioned the wisdom of retaining the officials.
   
   Bundalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba was more diplomatic but demanded credible polls.
   
   Critics want those who served in the previous NEB excluded from the team to manage the polls that are billed to usher in fresh leadership for the country’s single largest political entity.
   
   Those who served in the previous board are East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) member Judy Pareno, who will chair the board, and colleague at EALA Nancy Abisai, Chacha Nyaigoiti Chacha, Peter Kuguru, former Assistant minister Joseph Misoi and Hellen Katangie.
   
   Other members are former Nyakach MP Peter Odoyo, Mwajirani Aman, Peter Mutulu and Rashif Ibrahim.
   
   Ms Ongoro, a nominated senator, fired a salvo at the Ms Pareno-led team, saying it was a blend of failures that ruined the previous party processes.
   
   Ongoro, who is eyeing the position of secretary general, said the nine-member team lacked freshness of ideas and necessary technical expertise to conduct credible elections.
   
   She said the party had entered the build-up to the elections on a wrong footing by failing to properly constitute a credible and reliable body to manage the elections.
   
   BUNGLED NOMINATIONS
   
   “This is the worst thing I have ever seen, this is the very team that bungled the last nominations without any ounce of shame, and has been paraded again to carry out a task it miserably failed to execute,” Ongoro told The Standard.
   
   Former Makadara MP Reuben Ndolo, who is gunning for the post of organising secretary, took issue with the reinstatement of Dr Misoi to the current board.
   
   “I have no confidence in Misoi because he had served in the former board as a secretary and they bungled nominations, which cost the party dearly. We had rejected him last time, why return him now?” quipped Mr Ndolo.
   Ndolo said party members had invested heavily in the party and wanted credible elections.
   
   Mr Dirje, the Wajir South MP who is contesting for the deputy national treasurer position, said he did not have faith in the team as currently constituted.
   
   “I want to state clearly that we still hope that there is more time to put up a credible team that can be entrusted with the task of delivering free, fair and democratic elections,” said Dirje.
   
   He warned that ODM risked plunging into a more divisive election than the mess that cost the party dearly in the past poll.
   
   “Our county produced the highest number of seats won by ODM candidates, what will we have to take home if a referee that has been appointed to oversee the elections convincingly looks partisan and dependent?” said the MP.
   
   INTERNAL DEMOCRACY
   
   South Mugirango’s Mr Nyamweya, who is running for the chairman’s position, warned that “this was a well-placed opportunity for the party to show that it does not only agitate for democracy but it really practices it”.
   
   The MP noted that Kenyans would only take the party seriously if there was internal democracy.
   
   “What we are saying is that some of the members included in the board served in the previous team that really messed up the party, and we cannot entrust the same body to bring freshness to the party,” he said.
   
   Gitonga Wathanga, an aspirant for the position of party organising secretary, said it was important that those who had an opportunity to serve in the previous team be left out and a neutral team brought on board.
   
   “Some of the officials interfered a lot with the nominations. They even literally collected money from aspirants with the promise that they were going to secure them nomination certificates,” said Mr Wathanga.
   Namwamba demanded that the party conducts credible elections.
   
   “It matters little to me who is favoured by the party leadership, or who serves at the elections board because I am confident of winning the SG race with a landslide,” said Namwamba.
   
   Asked what he expected of the team, Namwamba said: “I need no favours…but I demand free, fair and credible elections.”
   
   Pareno replaced former Bureti MP Franklin Bett, who chaired the board in the run-up to last year’s March’s General Election.
   
   Party nominations were, however, marred with accusations of rigging and award of certificates to preferred candidates.
   
   Mr Bett, a former Cabinet minister, has since quit the party.
   
   Pareno now faces an uphill task to ensure that the old ghosts of messed-up elections do not re-emerge to haunt the nine-member team entrusted with delivering a refreshed leadership for the Orange party.
   
   Standard Digital News - Kenya : Fresh twist as hopefuls reject ODM elections board

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3. re: The ODM National Elections 28/2/2014

   REBEL LUO MPs SHOP FOR PARTY
   
   
   
   TRANSPARENT: ODM National Elections Board commissioner Joseph Misoi, chairperson Judith Pareno and party CEO Magerer Langat at a press conference at Orange House in Nairobi yesterday.
   
   REBEL Luo Nyanza MPs are now considering registering their own party. They are apparently unhappy with the way former Prime Minister Raila Odinga is running ODM. The MPs had initially toyed with the idea of taking over the Liberal Democratic Party, founded by Raila in 2002, but they abandoned the idea because its present officials are still Odinga-ists.
   
   The MPs have now resolved to register a new party and build it up before decamping en masse in case Raila fails to address their their concerns, according to insiders. MPs from Luo Nyanza have threatened to desert ODM after Raila told them not to contest any national positions in the upcoming party polls.
   
   Yesterday the Star learnt that the legislators have been engaged in secret consultative meetings aimed at building a consensus for a new party. They have already floated the name of Movement for Democratic Change for their political vehicle.
   
   "We have been misled by the Odingas for along time. Time has come for us to break their hold on the people of Nyanza," said an MP from South Nyanza.
   
   If the MPs succeed in their plan, it will not be the first time Luo leaders have challenged the Odingas. Previous attempts by the late Tom Mboya, Odongo Omamo, Shem Ochuodho, James Orengo and former Minister Raphael Tuju to challenge them in Nyanza were unsuccessful. Those involved in the latest attempt are trying to involve as many leaders as possible from the region to increase their chances of wrestling support from Raila.
   
   In the past two weeks there have been several secret meetings, mainly in Nairobi, where it was resolved that a new party be duly registered. It was also resolved that no MP would decamp for the time being as that would precipitate a by-election in their constituencies. They will however quietly develop the party and only quit ODM at an opportune time before the 2017 elections.
   
   Those unhappy with Raila are mainly from South Nyanza and reportedly disgruntled on the leadership provided by Central Nyanza. The South Nyanza comprises Homa Bay and Migori counties while Central Nyanza comprises Kisumu and Siaya counties. Raila comes from Central Nyanza where some elected leaders have also voiced concerns on his leadership style.
   
   Yesterday at Orange house, ODM Elections Board chairperson Judith Pareno released a list of members who will contest for various party positions between February 28 to March 1.
   
   “We have been hearing a song that the party has a secret list of preferred candidates. We assure all the stakeholders that there are no preferred candidates. The only candidates we have are in the list released today by this elections board,” Pareno said yesterday.
   
   “We wish to confirm that we are professional, impartial and dedicated to ensure that we have free and fair elections,” she added. She said the board was not responsible for the mess during the last general elections.
   
   Dagoretti MP Paul Simba Arati will challenge Raila for the position of party leader. Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya, Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho and David Songok Langat will compete for deputy party leader. Funyula MP Paul Otuoma, Manson Nyamweya, Lawrence Mpuru Aburi, Josphat Koli Nanok and Isaac Musau Mwilu are gunning for the post of national chairperson.
   
   Eldas MP Adan Keynan and Homa Bay senator Otieno Kajwang will stand for deputy chairperson after nominated senator Janet Ong'era pulled out of the race. Kisumu senator Anyang' Nyong'o has retired as ODM Secretary General and the post will be contested by Senator Agnes Zani, Nicholas Gumbo, nominated Senator Elizabeth Ongoro and Budalangi MP Ababu Namwamba.
   
   The ODM elections chairperson said her board had received 89 forms by the deadline of January 31. Pareno said a final list will be released after it is confirmed that all the candidates have complied with terms set out in election and nomination rules. She said a complete delegates register will be released soon. ODM executive director Magerer Langat urged party members from claims that the party has a secret list of preferred candidates.
   
   “The list we know is the one we have released today and any other should be treated with contempt it deserves,” he said -
   
   See more at: REBEL LUO MPs SHOP FOR PARTY | The Star

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4. re: The ODM National Elections 28/2/2014

   Claims of Jubilee moles rock ODM talks
   
   
   
   CORD leader Raila Odinga listens to his coalition partners Kalonzo Musyoka (right) and Moses Wetangula at Monday’s leaders’ retreat in Naivasha.
   
   By Steve Mkawale and Anthony Gitonga
   
   Kenya: Tempers soared at the Orange Democratic Movement’s leaders’ retreat in Naivasha over accusations that some members gunning for top posts were Jubilee ‘moles’ recruited to wreck the Opposition group from within.
   
   The leader of Coalition for Reforms and Democracy, to which ODM is a leading partner, Raila Odinga reportedly watched as the meeting degenerated into ugly exchanges.
   
   The row was triggered off by Homa Bay Senator Otieno Kajwang’s unrelenting claims that leadership posts would not go to individuals whose loyalty was questionable.
   
   Budalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba, who is contesting for Secretary General’s post, now held by Kisumu Senator Anyang’ Nyong’o, reportedly challenged Kajwang and Mr Eliud Owalo to explain why they were branding him a Jubilee mole. Owalo was Raila’s campaign manager in the last presidential election and today sits in the CORD secretariat.
   
   There were claims of a scuffle at the ODM caucus at the Great Rift Valley Lodge after the allegations but The Standard could not get any of the attendants to confirm on record.
   
   Namwamba was incensed that the claims were designed to scuttle his bid in the party polls scheduled for February 28.
   
   Apologise to members
   
   He challenged Kajwang and Owalo to state why they were spreading propaganda in the media about moles and non-loyal members.
   
   “Why is Kajwang questioning peoples’ loyalty to the party and asking those who are dissatisfied with the management of the party to leave?” posed Namwamba.
   
   Busia Senator Amos Wako had earlier warned the party would lose if some members brand others spies and accuse them of not being loyal. “Those who are ‘measuring’ peoples’ loyalty to the party leader Raila Odinga must tell this meeting how they arrived at the conclusion of who are moles and disloyal,” Wako went on.
   
   It is understood that Namwamba spoke out strongly against his accusers. It was at this point that Raila stood up and challenged Kajwang to explain what he meant by people not being loyal and asked him to name the moles. “Hon. Kajwang your name has been mentioned. What can you say about this?” Raila asked the senator.
   
   After Kajwang had denied the allegations, Raila told him to withdraw and apologise to members, which he promptly did.
   
   The incident occurred during a side meeting of ODM members during the retreat that brought together senators and MPs allied to CORD.
   
   Owalo and Kajwang accused Namwamba of “flip-flopping” between ODM and the United Republic Party where he has been allegedly promised the position of deputy party leader by Deputy President William Ruto.
   
   Sinking ship
   
   “Namwamba and some of the leaders seeking positions in the party must not be trusted. As it stands today, ODM cannot allow people who are not true loyalists to take key positions,” said Owalo after the meeting.
   
   Namwamba left before the meeting ended, saying he was traveling to the Coast to meet ODM delegates in Tana River.
   
   He, however, maintained his stand that he was loyal to the party and that his quest for a senior post in the party was not to destabilise ODM but ensure that it goes to the next General Election stronger.
   
   It emerged that CORD is toying with the idea of making some changes in its leadership in the National Assembly.
   
   Deputy Chief whip Gideon Mung’aro (Kilifi MP) reportedly came under fire at the meeting with claims he, too, was a Jubilee sympathiser.
   
   Mung’aro was absent during the two-day CORD parliamentary group meeting. But Prof Nyong’o downplayed the issue saying his colleague, Kiminini MP Chris Wamalwa, represented Mung’aro.
   
   On Sunday, Jubilee Majority Leader Aden Duale told off ODM over claims the ruling coalition was interfering with the Orange party polls. “We would do it if the party was alive. We value our moles. We don’t want them to sink with that ship,” Duale responded.
   
   Yesterday, Raila asked those campaigning for the top positions to conduct themselves with dignity and avoid attacking each other. “Those people calling others moles and spies should not be taken seriously. They may be using such strong words as a strategy to win votes,” he said.
   
   The former Prime Minister announced that he would soon convene a meeting of all the 82 candidates to map out how the polls would be conducted.
   
   Nyong’o explained Namwamba had not walked out of the meeting but had excused himself. “When you see a member walking out of the meeting in a brisk manner, just understand he has other issues to attend to. It is not walking out,” he told a media conference at the close of the retreat.Kajwang maintained the party should ‘select’ those most loyal to ODM and the party leader. He further claimed ODM has sometimes rewarded those whose loyalty could not be ascertained.

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   I hope it all goes well and democratically too. Clearly i' am appalled at the way things are being done in the orange party, especially with regard to elections.

   
   Raila strikes deal on ODM party elections
   
   
   
   ODM candidates for the position of secretary general Dr Agnes Zani (left) and Ababu Namwamba hug after a meeting with the National Elections Board at the party headquarters on February 18 2014.
   
   By LUCAS BARASA
   
   In Summary
   
   

   • Prof Nyong’o said Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero, who has called for postponement of the polls to avoid splitting the party, had not made a formal request.
   • Cord’s parliamentary group meeting at Orange House resolved that Minority Leader Francis Nyenze, his deputy Jakoyo Midiwo, Minority Whip Gideon Mungaro and his deputy Chris Wamalwa should continue in their positions.
   • Meanwhile, TNA leaders are scheduled to meet in Naivasha from Friday to draw plans for its future. MPs, senators, members of county assemblies and other leaders are expected at the Great Rift Lodge to discuss a draft strategic plan for the party

   
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   ODM on Tuesday said it would proceed with its planned national elections despite opposition from some members.
   
   Budalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba, who is vying for the secretary-general’s position and other leaders, said they were satisfied with preparations and assurances that the polls would be free and fair.
   
   Party leader Raila Odinga led Mr Namwamba, Dr Agnes Zani, his strongest competitor for the seat, and other candidates in holding hands for a photo session in a show of unity.
   
   At a meeting in Orange House, the candidates said they would remain in the party even if they lost in the February 28 elections. The delegates list is to be given to the candidates today.
   
   In a statement read by outgoing secretary-general Anyang’ Nyong’o, the party accused Jubilee of wanting to balkanise the country through creation of regional parties.
   
   Prof Nyong’o said Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero, who has called for postponement of the polls to avoid splitting the party, had not made a formal request.
   
   “Among the assurances we have given our candidates is that the delegates or voters roll is sacred and will not be doctored. We will make it available to each county before elections,” Prof Nyong’o said.
   
   Mr Odinga asked all the candidates to vie for the positions of their choice and let delegates decide.
   
   In an earlier meeting, four top Coalition for Reforms and Democracy leaders in Parliament were spared the sack over allegations of poor performance.
   
   Cord’s parliamentary group meeting at Orange House resolved that Minority Leader Francis Nyenze, his deputy Jakoyo Midiwo, Minority Whip Gideon Mungaro and his deputy Chris Wamalwa should continue in their positions.
   
   The four were, however, warned that they would be dismissed if they did not pull up their socks.
   
   Mr Nyenze, Mr Midiwo, Mr Mungaro and Mr Wamalwa had been accused of failing to provide direction in the House and championing Cord’s agenda.
   
   Mr Mungaro had also been criticised over his alleged cooperation with Jubilee.
   
   But a statement read by Ford-Kenya secretary-general Eseli Simiyu after the PG attended by ODM leader Raila Odinga and his Cord allies Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetang’ula said “after deliberation the Cord team agreed to retain its leadership in the National Assembly.”
   
   “This followed a firm assurance by the three leaders that they will pull up their socks,” the statement said.
   
   The PG also supported governors against a perceived onslaught on them by the national government.
   
   It noted that while Cord supported a prudent use of scarce resources by county governments, the national government “must not opportunistically exploit the difficulties county governments are going through to undermine devolution.”
   
   “Cord strongly supports devolved governments and will support all genuine efforts to improve good governance in the counties,” the coalition said.
   
   It put the national government on notice, saying it should come clean on corruption scandals engulfing it.
   
   Meanwhile, TNA leaders are scheduled to meet in Naivasha from Friday to draw plans for its future. MPs, senators, members of county assemblies and other leaders are expected at the Great Rift Lodge to discuss a draft strategic plan for the party.
   
   “We are meeting to breathe life to a document that we, as party officials, have been preparing for the last one month or so. Everyone associated with TNA, be it be MPs, senators, MCAs and other selected representatives will be coming,” said TNA’s executive director Joseph Mathai.
   
   One of the issues to be discussed will be how to expand the party which was ranked the most popular in an opinion poll last month.
   
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   Namwamba, Joho team shakes up ODM polls
   
   
   
   Team Ababu Namwamba, candidate for the ODM secretary General seat, led by Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho (r) arrive in Kisumu on Tuesday to a rousing welcome where they met delegates ahead of the ODM party elections slated for February 28, 2014.
   
   By ISAAC ONGIRI
   
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   • On the floor of the NDC, the group intends to challenge a decision by the National Governing Council last week to increase the positions of deputy party leader to two.
   • Tuesday, Wundanyi MP Thomas Mwadegu, a member of the Joho team, pointedly wondered when the party will advertise the positions it created last week.
   • Kajiado Central MP Joseph Nkaissery said delegates should put in place a strong team of leaders serious enough to marshal the country into supporting Mr Odinga to victory in the next elections.

   
   
   A three-man group is reshaping the Orange Democratic Movement’s leadership race and forcing the party establishment to compromise.
   
   The trio of Mombasa governor Ali Hassan Joho, Budalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba and Turkana governor Josphat Nanok have launched a spirited, airborne campaign that has taken the party by surprise, with only two days to the National Delegates Convention.
   
   This has compelled the party leader, Mr Raila Odinga, thought to have preferred nominated senator Agnes Zani, to adopt a safer, more neutral position before rival camps clash during Friday’s elections.
   
   The Joho group has been flying to different parts of the country in three helicopters to campaign among delegates.
   
   Tuesday, they were in Kisumu, Eldoret and Kakamega and are expected to wind up their countryside campaigns Wednesday.
   
   On the floor of the NDC, the group intends to challenge a decision by the National Governing Council last week to increase the positions of deputy party leader to two.
   
   On the agenda, delegates will first endorse the creation of new offices before proceeding to the elect office holders.
   
   Tuesday, Wundanyi MP Thomas Mwadegu, a member of the Joho team, pointedly wondered when the party will advertise the positions it created last week.
   
   “We want clean elections. We know the positions that were vacant, which people applied for, and we are now wondering when the party is going to advertise the new positions it created the other day. We are focused on the seats officially advertised,” Mr Mwadegu said.
   
   He argued that Coast MPs resolved to support Mr Namwamba, rather than Dr Zani, one of their own, because they apparently wanted to create a lineup which reflected the true face of Kenya.
   
   “We decided to support the group that reflected a true regional balance and one that is strong enough to move ODM forward. We think that with Joho, Namwamba, Nanok, Rosa Buyu, Ogari and Keynan, we are presenting a strong team that represents a true form of regional balance.”
   
   ROBUST CAMPAIGN
   
   Perhaps sensing the robust campaign the Joho group has launched days to the elections, Mr Odinga has softened his position and said he is ready to work with the ODM Young Turks in the leadership of the party.
   
   “I am ready and willing to assist the young people in steering their leadership ambitions for this country,” Mr Odinga said.
   
   He added that time to give the young minds a chance to fulfil their leadership ambitions had come.
   
   “It is not only right, but also important as a country to allow the youths to lead as we are headed for radical changes in the coming electioneering periods,” he said.
   
   As a result, he challenged the old guard who had held numerous positions in the party not to feel threatened by the young ambitious minds, but instead welcome dialogue and cooperation with the youth.
   
   “The youth will not only bring fresh energy in governance, but also fuel the ambition to fulfil greater dreams and goals, which are very vital to this country’s growth,” Mr Odinga said.
   
   The Mombasa governor, who is running for Deputy Party leader, has pulled a strong team of candidates to his side.
   
   In the team are Mr Nanok (chairman), Bomachoge MP Simon Ogari (treasurer), Aldas MP Aden Keynan (vice-chairman), Nyatike MP Omondi Anyanga (deputy organising secretary).
   
   Nominated MP Isaac Mwaura (deputy secretary-general) and Suleiman Ndori (deputy organising secretary).
   
   Nairobi governor Evans Kidero, Kajiado Central MP Joseph Nkaissery and former assistant minister John Keen are also backing the Joho-Namwamba team.
   
   They are facing a camp gravitating around Nominated Senator Zani, who is aiming for the secretary-general’s post. This camp has Funyula MP Paul Otuoma (chairman), Kakamega governor Wycliffe Oparanya (deputy party leader), Timothy Bosire (treasurer), and George Aladwa (organising secretary).
   
   Kajiado Central MP Joseph Nkaissery said delegates should put in place a strong team of leaders serious enough to marshal the country into supporting Mr Odinga to victory in the next elections.
   
   “The team we want to put together is one that can lead the party into an election victory in 2017 and we believe the Joho team is the right one to do this job for us,” Mr Nkaissery said.
   
   Mr Joho was apparently, upset by the decision to increase the number of seats, which meant that the powers for the deputy Party Leader will be diluted.
   
   Last week, ODM’s national governing council (NGC) adopted the proposal to have two deputy party leaders, two vice-chairpersons, two deputy secretaries-general, two deputy treasurers and two deputy organizing secretaries.